Boolean Girl camps have been recognized as “Best Camps” by regional media outlets and campers. At our camps, girls develop new friendships in a welcoming group environment and are introduced to computer science and engineering fundamentals through a series of unique projects and hands-on challenges. Our camps and classes feature a holistic approach to learning, from an introduction to coding using interactive play to hands-on experience with multiple programming languages and electronic circuit building.
Our goal is to mix play and programming through meaningful, hands-on instruction and sustained exposure to computer science and engineering. Our camps are part of a broad set of lessons and activities designed to progress a girl from beginning coding in Scratch to coding in a text based language Python and building electrical circuits.
While the girls learn a lot at camp, they are not just sitting at their keyboards. We play lots of games, listen to music, play outside, and just be girls. The instructors are a mix of local teachers, female college students getting computer science or engineering degrees from schools like UVA, Va Tech, and the University of MD.